date:Sep 18, 2019
The Government of South Korea has ordered the culling of thousands of pigs following confirmation of an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).
The ASF disease was found in a pig farm in the city of Paju, at the countrys border with North Korea, which reported an ASF outbreak in May.
South Korean Agricultural Minister Kim Hyun-soo said that the first case of ASF was confirmed after five pigs, which died at the farm, were tested positive.
Hyun-soo said: We will invest maximum effort to prevent